9 stations to implement in your home for a stress-free life

From our point of view, home improvement is actually a life-at-home improvement. Sure we like pretty things, but we like practical solutions for everyday life maybe even more.

Today we’re about to share how to simplify your house chores and find more time for the things you enjoy doing by creating little zones for a specific purpose.

These are our favourites:

1. Cleaning stations

Yes, plural.

If you think about it, a bathroom requires a different set of cleaning tools and products than a bedroom or a hallway. There’s no real reason to keep everything in one place. Actually, it’s almost impossible to keep an organized storage of your entire collection of cleaning supplies.

An entryway is probably the most logical spot for this particular purpose. We are really into perfectly styled cabinets, but a small shelf (or Ikea Ypperlig wall shelf) would also do a good job.

3. Recycling station

A recycling station is basically a set of bins that could be a part of your hallway closet or placed in a pantry, as neat and pretty as you want them to be. But if you’re not that into recycling yet, even a few simple cardboard boxes might encourage you to get on board.

4. Laundry station

If a laundry room just isn’t going to happen for you, a laundry station is definitely something worth considering,

Now, there’s no one who appreciates an empty, minimalistic, spa-like bathroom more than we do, but to dedicate an area of your bathroom to a large laundry basket – including two or three separate bins which would enable you to easily pre-divide your clothes – could save you a lot of time. Put a simple shelf or a cabinet above it, and you made yourself a great spot for detergents and fabric softeners.

5. Charging station

No explanations needed here. Let’s just collect all our charges and put them in one place once and for all. Why isn’t this already done, it’s 2018 for Heaven’s sake!

6. Laptop station

A laptop is a semi-portable device, wouldn’t you say? While it is possible to move it around, it seems to require a place of its own.

A simple niche or a tiny desk would make a wonderful laptop station. To make as much use of it as possible, combine it with some kind of filing system for documents, bills and receipts.

You see, we think of a laptop station as a casual home office, placed somewhere between an ironing desk (to catch up on a new podcast episode while ironing) and a yoga mat (to see what is Adriene up to in a new episode of Yoga with Adriene).

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We are Tina and Petra, two aunts, architects and blog partners at upgradesign.blog.
Our mission is to provide simple, useful and inspirational tips to help you design functional, clutter-free and beautiful personal space.